Environmental

Mardyke Gardens Project

Posted by on October 14, 2011 at 2:38 pm

Cork’s historic Mardyke is to be home to an iconic new amenity and tourism attraction. “The Mardyke Gardens” will include the gold medal winning garden at Chelsea Flower Show designed by Diarmuid Gavin, a restored historic Fountain and Pond dating from the Cork Exhibition of 1902, a Victorian Fruit and Vegetable Garden and a refurbished [...]

City Council Refuse Collections to Cease

Posted by on June 28, 2011 at 11:27 am

Cork City Council is to withdraw from the provision of waste collection services in the city from August 15th next and is transferring its operations to Country Clean Recycling Ltd. who will provide the service to existing Council customers. The decision was announced at a meeting of Cork City Council held last night  by City [...]

Christmas Tree Recycling.

Posted by on January 11, 2011 at 3:57 pm

Cork City Council will provide facilities for the acceptance of Christmas trees for recycling in Cork City. All Christmas trees that are collected will be composted at the Kinsale Road Landfill Site. Christmas trees may be deposited free of charge at any of the sites listed below from Tuesday, 4th January, 2011 to Monday, 31st January 2011.

Managers Report of the Severe Weather

Posted by on January 10, 2011 at 7:36 pm

At our City Council meeting this week, we received the following report from the City Manager on the Council’s response during the severe weather we experienced over the last number of weeks: “A Ard-Méara agus Comhairleoirí, At Council meeting on 20th December 2010, I updated Members on the City Council’s response to the ongoing severe weather at [...]

Salting Stocks Available from City Council

Posted by on December 3, 2010 at 4:36 pm

Cork City Council’s Roads Maintenance division carried out full salting runs for the last six nights on defined salting routes which prioritise main traffic routes, bus routes and other areas such as those adjacent to hospitals, universities and schools. Footpaths and bridges are also salted especially in the city centre in areas of greatest pedestrian [...]